LS2 8NU Leeds
Live postcode, introduced June 2009. Ward: Little London & Woodhouse. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Claypit Lane, Bagby Fields: 6 addresses
- Portland Crescent, Leeds: 2 addresses
- Calverley Street, Leeds: 2 addresses
- Inner Ring Road, Leeds: 2 addresses
- Queen Square, Leeds: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (47% of about 6,380 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 14.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 11 AND 12, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 2, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 21, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 22, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 23, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 24, 25 AND 26, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- 5 AND 6, QUEEN SQUARE, grade II
- COBOURG PUBLIC HOUSE LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, grade II
- GAS LAMP POST ON PAVEMENT BETWEEN NUMBERS 10 AND 11, grade II
- GAS LAMP POST ON PAVEMENT BETWEEN NUMBERS 21 AND 22, grade II
- GAS LAMP POST ON PAVEMENT BETWEEN NUMBERS 3 AND 4, grade II
- NUMBERS 3 AND 4 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
- NUMBERS 7 AND 8 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
- NUMBERS 9 AND 10 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Portland Crescent LS1: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (90 m)
- 67 - 83 Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS2 3AW: up to 96 homes, permissioned (110 m)
- 18 Queen Square, Leeds, LS2: up to 4 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- Leeds Metropolitan University: up to 2 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- Lofthouse Terrace, Woodhouse: up to 604 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Leonardo Building & Thoresby House, 2 Rossington Street: up to 196 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- 2 Great George Street, Leeds: up to 83 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Great George Street - LGI: up to 329 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leeds 27 million journeys in 2024–25 | 880 m |
| Burley Park 756,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 17 stops within 400 m, 85 within 800 m; nearest Civic Leeds City Centre | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Leeds City Bus Station Leeds City Centre | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 10.2 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 22 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | under 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 3% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 2% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 27% | 17% |
| Private rented | 70% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 16% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 28% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 17% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 34% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 22% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 43% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Claypit Lane.